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DreSSmaking.

Many Drcesmakors find it very difficult ia
secure we'll fitting dresses for their patronA
The harsh, stiff bones and steels that they
have been Obliged to use for Dress Stays are
and at best they break 80 soon that the beauty
and fit Of the dress is very soon destroyed.
The n INVENTION Of q new Dress Stay which is
soft and pliable, yielding to every movement
and also proving itself to be absolutely I'M
breakabie, has made quite a new departure in
D~ressmaking. Warren's Featherbone is the
name of this new Stay.
1t is made from quilts, and is an entirely
new invention, having boon manufactured
only about three years; but it is now largely
used BY dressmakers in all the large cities and
many OF the larger towns throughout tho
United States.
The manner by which it is attached to the
dress waist is a new feature in dressmaking,
and il patented by the inventor Of the Feather
bone. This method consists in attaching the
dress stay to the seam by sewing directly
through tho Featherpone, which attaches the
stay to the seam all along its entire length, en-
tirely preventing the formation Of any wrin-
kles, and giving a smooth and elegant finish
to the dress that cannot be secured by any
other stay. 1t being so soft, . very close-ft-
ting garment can be made, and yet be COM
It is said that Precipitation and even laun-
driving does not injure it in tho least 1t is
sold by the yard, made in black and white and
all colors, so that white dresses or waists and
any color Of dress lining may be matched -
desired 1t is finished in three different Gov
er~ings-thread- covered, cloth covered, and an
elegant satin-covered, which makc6As fine a
finish as could be desired for the finest
dresses. In short, this new dress stay pos
sesses apparently all the advantages that any
one can think of, and not only comes at q time
when whalebore is rapidly disappearing, but
10 proving itself superior to whalebone in
every respect No wonder that it is SO rapidly
commencing itself TO dressmakers and dress
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braska:
We take pleasure in announcing 10 al
! Who propose to attend the National Educa'
| tional Association convention ct Chicago,
| July 18th to 18th, 1887, that tho Chicago,
Rock Island h Pacific Railway will sell q.
cursion tickets from Council BluMs, 81.
Joseph, Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas
City to Chicago and return for one fare,
412.5O the round t%rip-plus ~, which en-
titles the holder to membership and Omit
lance 10 tho association. SAILS Of these
tickets July 5th to IL; good going July 9Th
10 18th inclusive, returning July 10th to
18th, inclusive, hut not before July 10Th.
Limit on return will be extended. as de-
sired, but not beyond Sept. 9Th, 1887, ON
application to Mr.. John N. Abbott, chair
man Western State Passenger Association,
Home Insurance Building, Chicago, II ap-
Piled for during continuance OF meeting OF
prior TO July 18th. Return tickets to be
stamped by Secretary Of National Ednca.
tional Association. The Rock Island
traverses the most highly cultivated and
picturesque sections of the Middle
West" It's passenger equipment includes
all the comforts and Injuries guaranteed
BY magnificent Pullman sleeping cars, ole
giant dining cars, furnishing delicious
meals and restful reclining chair cars.
Smooth steel track, rock ballasted road.
way, bridges Of stone and iron. officials in
charge Of trains courteous and obliging.
Safety, certainty, celebrity, and q most en-
joyable trip assured to all OF you who
travel via the "Great Rock Island Route"
II further information is desired, address
A. H. Moffet. G. s. w. p. A., Kansas
City. Moi s. s. Stevens, Genl Agt., Oma-
ha, Neb.; E. A. Holbrooh, G. L. d P. A.,
Chicago, Ill.
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sweltering humanity, while the large, green
plat about the Court House, shaded o. II
VA BY = goodly number Of thrifty young
naples, was q veritable picnic ground, on
which many were already eating their
luncheons so as to be in ample time to get
tickets for the afternoon performance.
Need ! tell you our friend Jake was
among the very earliest arrivals? fancy
not. He had ridden Q colt into town, and
knowing il would not stand Stitched out
all day long, he had put it up at the livery,
and with "Dud" Perkins, bis faithful
friend and chum, had been down to the
show-grounds to see the procession form,
had made friends with some Of the hostlers
in the stables, and by carrying several tubs
Of water from the creek close by, had be-
fore ten O'Clock, earned their tickets Of ad-
mission into the show.
The parade was grand; in fact, the most
skeptically inclined, those who came ex-
pecting 70 DO humbugged, said 1t was the
biggest thing they had ever seen, and that
many who openly avowed that they came
only to see the parade, and who had de-
clared that that was all that would be
worth seeing, now concluded to stay and
witness the afternoons entertainment.
Among those earliest in their seats under
the huge canopy of canvas were Jake and
"Dud." The show opened, as do all cir
cuses, with the grand entree; and then
followed act after act, in such swift and
b~ewildering succession, and Of such . won
derful character, that our two friends mu.
tually confessed, as did many others, no
doubt, that they wouldn't have missed it
for anything.
Finally one Of the old clowns came
bounding into the ring. followed by . small
but wicked looking mule, which he intro
duced a. the famous trick mule. He also
stated with much elegance of phrase that
Mr.. Barnum offered one hundred dollars in
gold to any one who would be able to ride
the little fellow three times around the
main ring.
Now Jake had, as yet, never seen the
ur-footed animal which he could not
ride. So after much earnest consultation
with "Dud," he stepped out and offered Ia
make the attempt to stride the little mule
that had SO far succeeded in pitching his
previous riders over his head, and that
almost before they knew it.
The ringmaster offered to hold Pedro,
as the mule was called, while Jake got on;
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Safety from Malaria.

The most vigorous constitution, and the
strongest physique, are not rsoof against a dis
case, tho germs Of which impregnats the air VI
breathe and tho water We drink. Tho true pre-
parative, the surest defense, is to fortify the
system will . medicine which possesses
specific virtues Is . safeguard and remedy.
Hostetters Stomach Bitters 10 precisely this
~LMcleIprove oy conclusive tests 70 % 90.
gives birth 70 the malarial infection, but in tho
tropics, whore fever and agus assumes its most
malignant types, this Incompatible. popular,
. century, shown its efficacy. Chills and fever,
numb ague, bilious remittent, alike yield to
its influence and are prevented BY 1t. The word
fail has no place in the lexicon OF possibilities
whom this peerless article 10 used. Il tones the
stomach. nrouses the liver when sluggish. and
promotes hsalthful activity Of the kidneys n
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A Does heaven.

4 LITTLE boy, who was visiting ct his
his little heels against the round Of the
chair and humming 70 himself q he
looked out Of the window. Suddenly hs
turned TO his father and asked: Say, pa,
il the dogs heaven on Bone street,"
"A dogs heaven"
"Yes; dogs have one, don't they?"
II suppose So" replied tbs parent, who
scarcely knew how to reply.
s'lfs q glue factory, Amt it2' continued
the little irrepressible soberly.
"What makes ron think THAR" gues-
toned the father whiic he smothered q
laugh.
ssCause. al the dead dogs are sent u
~ glue factory on Bone street,
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side. he saw painted in big letters on the
side OF the wagon the word "Barnum,'
while q little distance away were ten men
! lastering the walls of an old deserted
blacksmith shop with flaming posters an
nouncing that the triple alliance Of match
less aggregations, etc., would exhibit in
Kokomo, for one day only July the Fourth.
Jake forgot all about his horse and pillow
and the corn which was needing his atten-
ton SO badly. As one by one, and section
BY section, the great colored sheets went
up, his interest increased, until having
finally taken in the full grandeur of tho
coming show. be exclaimed:
Its a dang shame fer old Barnum to
bring his cirsus long here jest in the be-
ginin' Of wheat cuttin'. Why'n thunder
can't be wait till after harvest, then q fell
Ter might stan sum chaincte of goin'.n
A moment la.er, however, the cloud ON
his face frightened, and the thought which
had lifted ii found expressions: "Thunner
and -liten, ! kin go at night; it's only eight
miles to town. and l kin ride it after sup
per-ef papll let me off,"
BY this time the men had finished their
work and hastily climbing into their wagon,
they drove rapidly away.
Jack watched them until they disap-
peared around a bend In the road, when he
slowly got down from the fence and re-
turned to his work.
II reckon" said old man Poe that day
at dinner. that pelv.din' the weather keeps
o favorin' us. tho wheatll do 10 cut by the
Fourth: fact right smart chaincte of it's be-
g min to turn Already"
"Oh, pshaw. pnp!" said Jake, you're
alias crowdin' the cattle. l think the
wheats bout as backward this year as I
ever saw IL. Tcnny rate l don't think we
kin cut q lick in it till after the Fourth.
Sides, I'm o goin' to the cirkus that day,
and you might as well make your rance
ments that way now
1t ia unnecessary to kive the dialogue
which followed Jake's declaration as above
quoted; but suffice it to soy the matter was
compromised by his father agreeing to let
him OF in time to attend the night per-
Torrance in case they were in the wheat
Geld on the Fourth, and IL not. Jake was
to have tie whole day for . holiday.
Al an early hour ON the morning Of the
Fourth, the streets Of Kokomo presented Q
lively appearance. Judging from the al
most ccuntless number OF country people
who crowded and jostlsd along tho pave.
snt in stairways and In stores when seats
veto to be obtained at all, there wns very
little wheat cut In Howard County
that day. 70 the Loura went slow
y BY the crowd increased, until Nv
ton o'clock The four sides Of the public
square wers hned with : danss mass ~
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How to Address Your Enemy.

In parliamentary language you may say
that a man is not welded to the truths:
Or sometimes suffers from o spirit Of ex-
aggeration;
Or occasionally finds it difficult to confne
himself to actualities;
Or is unfettered by the four corners of
hard matter Of fact;
Or is past master in the pleasing art OF
realistically romancing;
Or is partial, in describing nature, to
borrowing from the pages of romance:
Or is much given to the artificial recol-
lection of misleading statistics;
Or can not distinguish the false from ID
true, with a bias toward the former;
Or has q distinct liking for tho utterance
of statements of q misleading character
Punch.
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HAD RISEN IN rar WosIp.

well, Michael, it appears 10 me tina,
| ySa arc vi pqisa1s b On S;amon5s ,,s styl /.
silk hat" said a merchant to q former
porter in his employ.
well, yer see. sorr. Dim afther bein'
cllicted aldimun in tina Nointainth warrud,
SORT. Dim wan er tina Fowth O. Jowly
cummittay, an have er handle on me name
like er gintleman now, sorr. Tha payple
calls me Misther OBrannagun instid av
Moike, m tina rist av tina admin wuddent
LUX at me ov Oh didn't wear or hid loight,
soYr."
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dulge in certain pleasures, such as half -hol-
idny trips 10 the county-seat town, attend
ing picnics or dances on the green, an &C.
c~asional horse-race, ETC., TO all Of which
his father entered the most strenuous OBJ
jections, but generally without avail.
But, taken all in oil. Jacob Poe was moi
wholly bad; in fact, be was in many re-
spects a most excellent boy. He had known
no hing but q life of the most slavish toll
ever since he had been old enough to "pack"
water in a Jug to the hands in the field; and
several years before we have introduced
him to your notice, he had done o mans
work on the farm. He drove team,
plowed, worked picking etrash" and roll
ing logs in the clearing and made
his hand" in the harvest field,
and had received for it his clothes, board,
and three months schooling each year. In
a vague and somewhat nebulous manner
Jake felt that H. had reason for being at
times Disseminated and rebellious. He had
an lily defined idea that he ought to be do
ing better in the world than he was doing;
but with his limited knowledge of the
world and it's ways, and his lack Of book
learning, he was naturally timid about
launching out in any enterprise Of his
own.
Ouc OtiRBt mOINluS iRto III Jun0 ne naQ
been blowing corn in the bottom field until,
becoming tired and thirsty, he tied his
horse in the fence-corner while he himself
sought a n~eighboring spring 10 drink from
its cooling waters and to rest in the CRATE
full shade Of the thick woods, along the
borders of which lay the cornfield where he
had been at work.
While reclining at full length on his
back on the grassy carpet which old Dame
Nature had so kindly laid, and gazing up
ward into Q sky as blue and beautiful Us
only q June sky can be. his ear caught the
sound Of voices.
Instantly he was on his feet, and, casting
his eyes in the direction Of the highway,
which was only a few rods distant, he saw
two men seated in o beautiful painted
wagon and apparently talking to some
others at the roadside.
"Jeeminy! What's that?" he calculated,
and at once started toward them. As he
clambered up onto the fence by the road
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~ 1ou1r MOODY.

6hun1p dot Jumper wagon COP, init laff md Bhoy
As NIT shvtfd shbeed We roll away
YES 0xblain TO dem dees tay,
Und Why Columbus hat invent der Fourt Shooly.
III.
When I arT1fe der blsce ubon
Who're der enshoyment vas 60 on,
/ hidch metn DEAN dot shade in, py der fence
aroundt,
Und I vas look out right away
What ein frents will hat to say,
When init shdyle dey see mo walk dot bic-nic
croundt.
Ind atJ saein WORT don Z 10 vas shvcet
Nit county candidates TO meet
Which for elm fat ufice will run py-und-py?
But, whom dey shake me Ply mein handt
vas init shlyness underestimate:
Dey vas 6shing for mein vote, dees Fourt
Sho0lyl
When dot sbeech. making hat pegin,
Und l mein seat vas sit down In,
Nit mein vito nnd shildren py mein side
4rOundt.
Mein batriodic leedlo poy
Nit fireworks hiinselut enshoy,
Which he vas IRE oil ubon dot bic-nic croundt.
II make der vimmens shump und schream,
NIL echaro hat run away nein DEAN,
While he console his heart init eat dot shicken-
bic.
Und init elm fader's loing pride
call Mein sohn oop py mein side
Und say: well done, young batriot dees Fourt
Ghoolvt~
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The Imnorfant Question.

In the Office Of a society journal-Editor
TO friend) you see, I must keep up ap.
pearances. This new carpet is attractive,
don't you think so?"
Friend-"Yes."
Editor-"You see I'm always making i'm
into tho Office"
Friend-"Yes that's SO; but say, when
are You going to put something in your
paper?"-Arkdnsas Traveller.
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0, ron 4 TOMMY!

"Good day, Deacon. You are going to
celebrate, I see!" exclaimed Rev. Mr.. Pull.
pit on meeting with Deacon Longbair and
his little soa or the Fourth Of July.
Yes; ! am going to take Tommy to the
circus. ] have promised oil summer t.
take him to see the menagerie."
BE careful you do not stray into the
performers tent yourself"
%, no fear OF that. None at all"
How l wish l only had q Tommy /
could take to see the animals!" said the
minister after the retreating forms OF the
Deacon and Tommy were out Of hearing.
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Browns Little Joke.

aWhy, Brown, how short your coat 10" said
Jones one day to mis- friend Brown, who WITH
ly replied, "Yes; but it will bs long enough
before I got another" Some men spend 90
much for medicines that neither heal nor help
them, that new clothes is with them like an.
gels yisits-few and far between. Internal
fevers, weakness Of the lungs, shortness OF
breath, and lingering coughs soon yield to the
magic influence Of that royal remedy, DR.. II
v. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,s
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BORROWED SoISnNrrY,

"Fliplins. why is it you always look a
solemn as an owl and scowl 90, while you
are writing bumor?" ssked Clairette.
II borl owed the habit when / chummed
with q sexton and undertaken. His en-
ploymert and my vi were 90 much alike
$50 much alike! For goodness sake, In
what do they bear the least possible resem-
blance to each o.her?"
well, burying . man is . grave AFFAIR,
and the writing Of hnmor for . living ID /
very serioas undertaking"
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$500 Reward.

The former proprietor Of Dr.. 6Age's c.
tarrh Remedy for years made . standing, pub.
lie Offer in al American newspapers OF $500
reward for . case Of catarrh that no could not
cure. The present proprietors have renewed
this offer. All the druggists sell this Remedy,
ni,snces advised 10 be used in connection with
Il No catarrh patient Ia longer able to say
Il cannot be cured" You got $500 in case Of
failurA
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It contains $50, 600 bound volumes.
2O0,O 600 pamphlets, and 350, 900 sheets
of music, and it has tens of thousands
OF works OF art, maps, and photo
graphs. Its annual increase from copy
right alone amounts to from 20, 600 to
30, 600 volumes. It is the great brain
reservoir OF the United States. It con-
tains q complete index Of the workings
Of the American mind. Everything in
literature, music, or art. that is copy
righted, must be deposited in it, and
the brain reels in attempting to con-
ceive how many lives Of intellectual
workers are packed away upon its
shelves.
In company with one OF its librarians
! lately took q walk through its various
parts, and spent nearly q half day
winding in and ont through aisle after
aisle and wall after wall of books, pick
ing my way between great stacks Of
volumes. and entering room after room
which the eye of the ordinary visitor
ices. The national library is at
the west end Of the great capitol. Its
thousands Of volumes have long since
overfowed it's capacity, until now every
available inch Of space is utilized, and
every Dol in the vicinity is stacked
with books.
Tho very floors Of the library arc
piled up with overflow. and the shelves
seem almost bursting with their
tightly-packed contents. The library
proper, which is also the reading-room.
consists Of o long hall-like room with
wings at each end jutting off like the
head Of . 7. The reading-room is
ninety-one feet long. thirty-four feet
wide, and thirty-four feet high. It's
walls are made up of rectangular al
cover, each about the size of q small
hall bedroom, and shut off from the
room by q door of iron lattice-work.
The walls Of these alcoves are filed
with books, and there are three gal
leries Of them rising one above an
other. In the front OF the upper gal
leries are balustrades, and these have
also been lined on the inside with
book-shelves, go thatsas you walk along
the narrow galleries you almost Craze
the books on either side.
The wings at the ends are fitted up
with similar alcoves, and the whole
looks like N immense beehive, with
hundreds Of cells of as many colors as
You will find in book-bindings. The
visitors are the bees. They are not al.
lowed, however, to 60 into these Above
cells, and the reading in the library is
done ct tables on the lower floor Of the
main room and Of it's wings. The
library is almost always full Of readers,
and on Saturdays the crowd is 30 great
that many do their reading while
standing. -COsmop0litasa
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That's Where It Was.

Ayoung Japanese educating himself in
this country and gradually acquiring the
flexible language which q native begins to
learn just about the tins he dies, was in
vited to tea with some friends.
is your tea all out, Mr.. Jinrikasha?" in
quired the hostess. The young man looked
into his empty cup, analysed the sentence
md replied. "Oh, no; it's all in."-Brook-
I'm Eagle.
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n His Phrase.

When that grand old man, jefferson
Davis, departs this life what in the world
will the northern editors have to write
about, says The New Orleans States. You
seem to have forgotten the young man who
teased the life out of some passengers by
continually crying out, "Oh, how thirsty
I ami" When they filed him full at the
nearest pump he simply altered the refrain
TO "Oh, how thirsty I was!"-New Yorh
HerUIH
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An Enormous Pie.

When the British corn laws were re-
pealed in 1848 . general jubilee was
held in various parts OF the united
kingdom. At DENLY Dale, Yorkshire.
. monster pie was baked and fragments
Of it have been carefully preserved to
this day. A correspondent writes: "A
DENLY farmer had q small cabinet
made, ia which was kept q small por-
ton Of the suet crust, and one day, /
we'll remember, I was given . small,
fiat-like piece in order that I might say
/ had tasted the veritable pie. Tho
composition Of the pie was Is follows:
Flour, 623 pounds; suet. Oil pounds;
lard. 10 pounds; fresh butter. Is
pounds; beef, 100 pounds; one calf, Ave
sheep. seyen hares, fourteen rabbits,
four pheasants, four patridges, two
brace Of grouse, six pigeons, two
turkeys, two guinea fowls, four ducks,
four geese, four fowls, SIXTY three small
Birds and one pound Of pepper. The
circumference Of tho pie was twent-onc
feet, and IL height q depth two feet
three inchea Leeds Mercury.
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An Intelligent Young Woman.

A young lady said ut the recent meeting
Of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union at Savannah: "Chivalry, which
has fed from all other quarters, has taken
refuge in the newspaper Office" II IL un-
necessary TO state that this young lady is
the prettiest and brightest representative Of
her sex in Geor9ia.-NdshvilLe Union.
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n = COuIl0 Oh July
! celebration at Bolney's
Grove was not, ~ the
editor Of the BwrIer
Oak had prepared him.
self to say, the most
enjoyable event Of the
season, alth n b
while the committee of
arrangements was at
work there we're none
Of those serious bitches
which 80 often bring
about the failure of q
c~ommendable enter-
prise. In fact, every
thing worked with en-
cournging smoothness
it was settled that
rnlN~a1 I0a Eu,A-n--
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Ladies' OF tho White House

Have found that their sometimes excessive
duties produce . low, weak, tired and tremul-
richness and color to the blood, ~calisaya bark
. natural hoalthful tone to the digestive or
gans, and phosphorus mildly stimulates the
brain all combined in DR.. Harter's Iron
Tonic,